ANTHOLOGY OF MYSTERIOUS CASES

Another explanation for mysterious incidents at sea is provided by postgraduate students of the Leningrad Hydrometeorological Institute V. Psalomshchikov, I. Stepanyuk, and engineer T. Bolshakova.

There are things too incredible to believe.
But nothing is so incredible that it cannot happen.
Thomas HARDY

Article by L. Skryagin commented on by sea captain A. Bochek

Every year millions of tourists from all over the world flood Italy to admire wonderful works of art from different eras. Thousands of books have been written about Rome, Venice, Florence, Naples.

Russian Columbuses, scorning
the gloomy fate,
Through the ice a new route
will open to the east,
And our state will reach
America.
M. LOMONOSOV

M. Chekurov’s article is commented on by Hero of the Soviet Union, Vice Admiral Grigory Ivanovich SHCHEDRIN

On the calm and sunny day of August 6, 1930, the sunlight flooded the glacier, making the island seem transparent. Profound silence reigned all around. The sea was calm, and the motionless icebergs surrounding the island appeared dormant.

A lot was said about this expedition at one time. And of course, the main topic of conversation was one thing - why, given such a seemingly tolerable situation, the aeronauts could not save themselves?

This happened over the Nyandoma forest massif in the Vologda region in 1946.

Science Department Commentary

Your press, sir! - John Townbridge, the owner of a tavern in the English town of Milford-on-Sea in Hampshire County, handed a stack of newspapers to an elderly man. Retired Commodore Reginald Redmond was accustomed to appearing here precisely at 10 a.m. to have a cup of tea and look through the fresh newspapers. And this time, he unhurriedly unfolded The Times.